Inocybe sindonia    (Fr.) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Beige Fibrecap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Inocybaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Inocybeae  

synonyms: Inocybe kuehneri, Inocybe eutheles ss.Kühn., Inocybe commutabilis 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus sindonius, Inocybe cortinata, Inocybe lepiotoides, Inocybe mutica, Inocybe uliginosa)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Inocybe sindonia
photo gallery of  Inocybe sindonia potential confusions with  Inocybe sindonia toxicity of Inocybe sindonia genus Inocybe  

The cap is pale buff, straw to beige, darker at the centre, campanulate to convex, with a prominent central umbo. The cap surface is slightly scaly at the centre, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white with pink shades, pruinose.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint, earthy or mealy; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale clay then tobacco brown, with a white edge, adnate or adnexed, a bit crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 22 ). The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, pine.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 3 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : cream to buff cap; clay-brown gills; pruinose stem; white flesh, unchanging; with conifers

Inocybe sindonia is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Inocybe sindonia in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Inocybe sindonia in the forest of Rambouillet



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